Who are you according to God’s Word? When we come to understand we are who our Father says we are, joy begins to rule our lives…in spite of our circumstances! Read the following passage of Scripture to get a few clues concerning who He says you are:
1Peter 2:9-10 NASB
9 But you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR [GOD'S] OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.
Something I believe is that, if God is my Father, then His spiritual DNA runs through my spiritual veins. That means that all that Christ has revealed Himself to be…is who I really am in my spirit…who He is making me to be!
He has crowned us with His glory! He has made us His own! He has made us a royal priesthood! He has given us a way, by His own sacrifice and blood, to know Him in the most intimate of ways! How can we not worship Him with all of our might! Thank You, Jesus, for revealing Yourself to me daily. Help me to see all that you are trying to show me about Yourself and all you are trying to show me about me! I love you!
Revelation 1:5-8 NASB
5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- 6 and He made us [into] a kingdom, priests to His God and Father--to Him [be] the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. 8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Let’s purpose to do this in the coming days. Regardless of our circumstances, let’s be daily intentional in acknowledging Who God is in our lives and let’s not call ourselves something our Father does not call us. He is Almighty God and we are His sons and daughters. Let’s crown Him with majesty in our thought lives and in our attitudes and actions. Let’s believe His Word and let’s receive the joy that follows!
Dennis Jernigan
To hear The Dennis Jernigan Podcast version of this teaching, along with a song reinforcing this truth, go to http://podcast.dennisjernigan.com/e/you-are-crowned-in-majesty/
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